Unusual Hotels

Book a room in the hotel, walls of which will be twined ivy, listed in the Red Book, or stay it the underground hotel at the depth of 150 meters? Unusual hotels have long ago become one of the bright sides of hotel business. Hotel ratings, which can offer an original type of accommodation, are regularly published by the world’s leading travel publications.

The number of unusual hotels, which offer today their services, is so large, that it is just right to speak about the formation of the entire industry. Ice hotels, hotels-lighthouses, hotels-castles, hotels on wheels – all of them are represented in dozens if not in hundreds of versions all around the world.

Unusual hotels in each country often reflect climate peculiarities of the region. The northern regions of Scandinavia are known worldwide due to its igloo hotels. Hotels in the USA, especially in arid states, offer almost extreme vacation in the desert or the prairie.

Islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean besides tropical exotica offer unique features of underwater hotels of Fiji and the Maldives. Against the background of growing interest to diving, underwater hotels promise to be one of the hits of hotel business in the near future. Thus, the construction of the largest underwater hotel in the waters of Dubai is close to the completion.

Eco-hotels are designed specifically for nature lovers. Eco hotels are created in perfect harmony with the environment and do not upset the delicate natural balance. Among them are hotels located on the rocks of Chilean highlands, as well as hotels on the trees in the heart of Indian jungle and Amazon selva.

Hotels in caves and underground hotels in the abandoned mines offer their services not only to fans of the exotism. Hotels, located in the former salt mines, successfully heal many respiratory diseases, including asthma.

Unusual hotels are expensive due to their rarity. The price of the room in most of them starts from 100 euros per night. As for the author's hotels, which decorated by artists and represent a special kind of hotel design, price in them is often stipulated with the owners separately. Therewith a small number of rooms in art-hotels is often purchased for years ahead.